Sunshine Coast Traffic Blitz

The Sunshine Coast was recently a target of increased traffic enforcement when several members from the British Columbia Highway Patrol and the Integrated Impaired Driving Unit came to the Coast.

On June 18-19th, Sunshine Coast RCMP members were provided with specialized training relating to impaired driving investigations and traffic enforcement before hitting the road to put what they had learned into action.  Several day time traffic checkpoints were set up in Gibsons and Sechelt for several hours as well as one in the evening in Halfmoon Bay.

Over the two days that they were here, they took 12 impaired drivers (drug and alcohol) off the road  through immediate roadside prohibitions, issued multiple speed and excessive speed tickets, arrested several prohibited drivers and gave out a multitude of other traffic violation tickets.  One traffic stop yielded illegal cannabis and members recovered stolen property.

"This was a great opportunity for our local members to gain valuable experience and education that will benefit future traffic investigations" said Sergeant Calvin Aird of the Sunshine Coast RCMP.